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lately I have had severe pain in my joints and muscles. I have been to the doctor and they find nothing wrong. But it hurts really bad. And it is all my joints, sort of like arthritis. Doc said could possible be fibromyalgia. Anyone on here encounter this and if so what can I do or take to help me out? I want to start working out again but I am in too much pain.

I certainly hope it's not Fibro.. I know a couple of people who have it and they are always in pain. I would suggest going back to the Doctor and asking for more tests. If they can't do it, get a referral or a better Doctor.

Have them check for auto-immune markers. What you are describing is exactly the symptoms I had for Hennoch Schonlein Purpura. Spelling aside, its unpleasant, but can be treated effectively. The immune system eats holes in your blood vessels, causing lack of blood flow to muscles, joints, organs. This in turn is very painful. A course of cortico-steroids can fix it up.

Have them check for auto-immune markers. What you are describing is exactly the symptoms I had for Hennoch Schonlein Purpura. Spelling aside, its unpleasant, but can be treated effectively. The immune system eats holes in your blood vessels, causing lack of blood flow to muscles, joints, organs. This in turn is very painful. A course of cortico-steroids can fix it up.

Doctor looked up the symptoms online actually. This was 15 years ago, so that was more revolutionary back then. After looking up the symptoms though, they ran some blood tests that confirmed that there was an auto-immune response, though I don't remember which tests they ran anymore.